Flying Squid to TechnologyEnglish • 6 months agoThe Self-Checkout Nightmare May Finally Be Endinggizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square109arrow-up151arrow-down135cross-posted to: technology
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-linkThe Self-Checkout Nightmare May Finally Be Endinggizmodo.comFlying Squid to TechnologyEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square109cross-posted to: technology
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•6 months agoI hear it happen to a stranger almost every time at Lucky or Safeway. Happens to me if I try to scan even half as fast as they do at the real checkout scanners.
minus-square@ilinamoratolinkEnglish1•6 months agoSee my comment here for my recent revelation. In short: the problem isn’t with self checkouts, it’s that the stores you’re going to aren’t maintaining them well.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•6 months agoTo shoppers, that is a distinction without difference.
minus-square@ilinamoratolinkEnglish1•6 months agoExcept that the big companies can use that misconception to shuffle the rightful blame around so you don’t focus it in the right place.
I hear it happen to a stranger almost every time at Lucky or Safeway.
Happens to me if I try to scan even half as fast as they do at the real checkout scanners.
See my comment here for my recent revelation. In short: the problem isn’t with self checkouts, it’s that the stores you’re going to aren’t maintaining them well.
To shoppers, that is a distinction without difference.
Except that the big companies can use that misconception to shuffle the rightful blame around so you don’t focus it in the right place.